Simon & Schuster has announced plans to publish a book about Dr. Anthony Fauci, the American physician-scientist and immunologist that is guiding the U.S. response to COVID-19, serving as the chief medical advisor to the president.
Screenshots of an email exchange between a mathematics and statistics professor and a student at Toronto's York University have gone viral, prompting school officials to release a statement denouncing the interaction.
Chicago-based custom software consultancy firm Tandem has made its salary bands public "as a part of its ongoing efforts to improve equity within the technology industry," the company said in a March 10 announcement.
In July, Facebook operations program manager Oscar Veneszee Jr. and two other applicants who were overlooked for positions brought a charge to the EEOC, with a third rejected applicant joining in December.
While the suggestions are a step towards equality, race and non-binary identities do not appear to be accounted for, suggesting the new approach may not address all the disparities some underrepresented doctors face.
Disparities were first reported in 2011 and then again in 2019, coming to light again in January 2021 with the publication of a report published in eLife by Michael A Taffe and Nicholas W Gilpin.
